quilt washing
#23
Originally Posted by machinequilter
I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to wash a finished quilt. What brands of soap does everyone use?
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Originally Posted by littlehud
I wash them in my regular laundry soap and dry them in the dryer. That's what my kids will do too. So this way if there are any problems I'll catch them before they get them. :-D
I do the same thing and I have the new set of Kenmores that are being advertised now that have the 5 motions to the wash. I call it the "Fingers of Death" if it lives through that then it will live through anything!!
But I wash on the normal/casual setting and dry on the normal cycle.
Billy
#26
I use Synthrapol or Orvus (it's far cheaper at a farm supply than at your quilt store). I avoid Woolite. Color Catcher -- yes. HE machine on gentle -- yes. Dryer -- yes but on fluff only, then I lay the quilt out on sheets to finish air drying.
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I printed some washing instructions off the internet--sorry I can't find them in my "favorites," or I'd give you the link. It was a nice sheet that I now hand out with my quilts when I give them as gifts. One of the things on that sheet is to wash them in a front-loader. Top loaders pull at the threads when they agitate. Front loaders don't agitate, and so they are easier on the quilts. If you don't have a front-loader, take a good book or some hand-sewing and go to a laundromat.
#30
Originally Posted by Boston1954
Originally Posted by littlehud
I wash them in my regular laundry soap and dry them in the dryer. That's what my kids will do too. So this way if there are any problems I'll catch them before they get them. :-D
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